Italian - Director | January 20, 1920 - October 31, 1993
In 'Roma,' I wanted to get across the idea that underneath Rome today is ancient Rome. So close. I am always conscious of that, and it thrills me. Imagine being in a traffic jam at the Coliseum! Rome is the most wonderful movie set in the world... As was the case with many of my film ideas, it was inspired by a dream.
Federico Fellini
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I don't believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends up doing nothing at all. If there's one thing that's dangerous for an artist, it's precisely this question of total freedom, waiting for inspiration and the rest of it.
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When I start a picture, I always have a script, but I change it every day. I put in what occurs to me that day out of my imagination. You start on a voyage; you know where you will end up but not what will occur along the way. You want to be surprised.
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I make pictures to tell a story, to tell lies, and to amuse.
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It is only when I am doing my work that I feel truly alive.
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Through the ages, from the beginning of time, I'm certain man has covered woman's face with masks. They are, however, his masks, not hers.
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Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.
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God may not play dice but he enjoys a good round of Trivial Pursuit every now and again.
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Censorship is advertising paid by the government.
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The public has lost the habit of movie-going because the cinema no longer possesses the charm, the hypnotic charisma, the authority it once commanded. The image it once held for us all - that of a dream we dreamt with our eyes open - has disappeared.
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A created thing is never invented and it is never true: it is always and ever itself.
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Money is everywhere but so is poetry. What we lack are the poets.
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